Reviewer:
M.Z.
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September 28, 2023
Subject:
Some transparency / visual errors, otherwise fine
This is a common version to find online with some common visual errors within the PDF that don't appear in the original.
I want to say first and foremost: if you're more interested in the information found in the book than the look and feel of the book, this one will work fine. It's at least 80-90% fidelity to the original book, with some minor visual issues here and there.
If you're looking for a version of the book that matches the original exactly, or you're interested mainly in the look and feel of the book, this one may not suit your needs. The issue here is transparency and partial transparency of layers, with this version lacking it in certain places. In some places, text and images are obscured in minor but noticeable ways.
This is meant as no slight to the uploader, as this version with minor visual issues is the most common version to find online. You can tell this version quickly by page 4, where there's an opaque bar behind Miyamoto's sword, which is supposed to have transparency, and by page 6, where the word "CONTENTS" at far left of the page is covered partially by another image of a sword and a colored background, where, again, the original book has transparency that allows you to read the entire word "CONTENTS". Again, if stuff like this doesn't bother you, this will work fine. Just worth mentioning in this review, as this is an art book, so some readers focused on visual style may want to look elsewhere.